United Kingdom Mozart – ‘From the Ridiculous to the Sublime: Mozart’s Life, Love, and Letters’: Lara Melda (piano), Christian Immler (baritone), Ben Griffiths (double bass), Samuel West (narrator), Aurora Orchestra, Nicholas Collon (conductor). HallOne, Kings Place,London. 15.9.2011 (MB)
London
Emmanuel Plasson: Interviewed by Margarida Mota-Bull
Emmanuel Plasson: Interviewed by Margarida Mota-Bull
Mozart: Even second-rate Mozart is first rate music.
United Kingdom Mozart: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Hall One, Kings Place, London 14.9.2011 (MB)
A John Cage Night opens the Southbank Centre’s International Chamber Music Season
United Kingdom John Cage Night: Apartment House, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London 13.9.2011 (Gdn)
Maestro Pappano displays perfect mastery in three Puccini miniatures
United Kingdom Puccini, Il trittico: Richard Jones’s new productions of Il tabarro and Suor Angelica and a revival of his Gianni Schicchi; soloists and chorus of Royal Opera, Conductor: Antonio Pappano, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 12.9.2011. (JPr)
Prom 72: The Philadelphia Orchestra visits the Proms
United Kingdom Prom 72. Sibelius, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Ravel: Janine Jansen (violin); Philadelphia Orchestra; Charles Dutoit (conductor). Royal Albert Hall 08/09/2011 (KC)
Prom 73: Berlioz’ version of Der Freischütz doesn’t quite hit the bullseye
United Kingdom Prom 73: Weber, Der Freischütz: Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique/Sir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 9.9.11. (JPr)
Prom 74: The Last Night of the Proms 2011, a rather forgettable occasion
United Kingdom Prom 74 – Last Night Of The Proms 2011: music by Maxwell Davies, Bartók, Wagner, Liszt, Chopin, Britten, Rodgers, Elgar, Arne, and Parry plus arrangements of traditional items: Lang Lang (piano), Susan Bullock (soprano), Jenny Agutter (narrator), The Fanfare Trumpeters of the Household Division, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner. Royal Albert Hall,London, 10.9.11. (JPr)